Steven Crowell - The Most Incredible Jazz Music Guitarist Ever!

Steven Crowell - The Most Incredible Jazz Music Guitarist Ever!

Jazz guitarist Steven Crowell began accordion classes at the age of 9. Even at that young age Steven was "imagining" melodies and jazz harmonies in his head. He states that if his accordion teacher had taught him the lush chords he was "conjuring up" -- instead of polkas and waltzes -- he would almost certainly be a jazz accordion performer today! At the age of fifteen Steven discovered the guitar and within two months was playing in neighborhood combos! It was upon listening to and meeting jazz guitarists Eddie Duran and Barney Kessel that Steven's interest in jazz guitar improvisation and chord melody guitar soloing was awoken. He starting performing on guitar and upright bass in the high school jazz stage band while tutoring with several neighborhood teachers. Just out of high school, Steven put together a band with Sylvester Stewart (Sly of "Sly and The Family Stone") that cut a number of albums and performed at Lake Tahoe for the entire summer.

At age 19 Steven commenced lessons with the legendary jazz guitar player Warren Nunes and actually shared a house with Warren for 2 years. In 1964 Steven attended Diablo Valley College whilst giving lessons in jazz guitar music full time and raising a family. He studied advanced and twentieth Century harmony under Dr. Coleen Bicknell and the now deceased Gordon R. Keddington, acquiring his California state instructor credentials. He also released his first collection book of jazz guitar tabs and jazz guitar tablatures. In 1969 Steven left his instructor position to go on the road with a show group and for the next ten years refined his abilities as a jazz guitar performer by performing five and six nights a week. In 1979 Steven published the first copy of his jazz guitar instructional course that was based upon his distinctive playing and educational experiences. His training course was met with critical acclaim (Guitar Player Magazine called Steven's work "some of the best") and a little later was expanded into a 4 year college level jazz guitar course.

More recently Steven has created The Jazz Science Guitar Institute and has published a sequence of innovative jazz guitar method books based on his discovery of the 84 Jazz Guitar Equations - a system that facilitates soloing on the complete guitar fingerboard by incorporating scales and arpeggios into one thought. Over the years Steven Crowell has performed in night clubs, restaurants, and jazz festivals. He has performed with the top names in the music business including: George Burns, Bob Newhart, The Coasters, The Diamonds, 7 years on the road with jazz pianist Big Tiny Little, and in films with Tommy Lee Jones ("Cobb"), and Whoopie Goldberg ("Sister Act"). He recently played guitar with The Ted Herman Orchestra in the soon to be released motion picture "The Encore of Tony Duran". He at this time lives in Southern Ca with his spouse Beverly and continues to play at nearby music festivals and upscale restaurants and lounges.

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